Comments on: Some Health Benefits of Blizzards

By: emmy

emmy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:43:54 +0000

Well, you have just proven what I have suspected all along. You doctors don’t live by the advise you give to your patients. Pre-hypertension, hypoglycemia and GERD are signs that your body is under stress and you’d better listen to the signs because you know the progression. (By the way, I’m not a doctor and I do not play one on TV.) Still, I’m glad that the snow day gave your body a chance to heal.

By: EMT

EMT — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:52:58 +0000

Of course, there’s all those poor souls who go out to shovel and have AMIs galore.

By: robin andrea

robin andrea — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:39:26 +0000

The pleasure you describe is what life was like for our ancestors for countless thousands and thousands of years. How we live now, the demands we place on our minds and bodies, produces a culture that requires being medicated in order to survive. I love that you noticed the body pleasures of just living in synch with your biology. What an amazing revelation borne of blizzard. I love the snow.

By: cynthia bailey md

cynthia bailey md — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:21:49 +0000

You make me want a blizzard!

I totally relate to the description of your work days-mine are the same. I’m zoning on my RSS subscriptions with a back ache after doing surgery all day instead of charting. It doesn’t matter that I know that I ‘choose’ to run my work day this way, I never implement change.

Forced slow down is such an eyeopener; the spaciousness is lovely. It would be healthy to incorporate some of that into my normal life, but I choose to keep the pace that you describe. Hmmm….

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:52:33 +0000

I must agree with you wholeheartedly! I was able to take the day off as well today, and it has certainly served to lift my spirits in many ways. I have a faint recollection of reading a study recently touching on the topic of snow days and health, but was unable to find it quickly just now. I spent my day catching up on home improvement tasks (nothing too complex…changing lightbulbs, fixing a leaky sink, and using my power drill here and there), catching up on emails, and taking my doggies for a walk through the blizzard. For me, there are few things as satisfying as trudging through the snow, hearing it crunch under my feet, and doing my best not to let my strong doggies pull me down onto my butt. Strangely enough, there is also something very gratifying about scooping up a steaming pile of dog poop on top of the crisp, white snow. Yes, I know that’s a little weird! I’d guesstimate my BP right now to be 90/60 (mine runs low), and pulse 58. 🙂